*How bad do you let your hair get before you get a haircut? Well, I’ll let you know how we Meidells do it–we just wait until we basically can’t see anymore (or until the opportunity for a free haircut comes up) before we get one. I’ve been telling Matt that he needs a haircut for about …
Red Velvet Love Cookies
I may not get into Valentine’s Day as much as some people (meaning, I don’t decorate my apartment with pink heart garlands or expect my hubby to get me some big elaborate gift or plot what I’m going to wear on the 14th). I DO, however, wholeheartedly support any holiday that gives me an excuse …
Nice to Meetcha
So . . . it’s come to my attention that seemingly overnight, I have acquired a lot of new readers. And since part of the reason why I got into the blogging world was because I liked getting to meet like-minded people, I decided that today, I want to meet you. But before I ask …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 6
Ever since I knew I would be doing this challenge, I have been looking forward to being able to finally organize our pantry and food storage. Like, I’ve been literally counting down the weeks until we’d be able to afford the massive shelf it would take. (For the to-do list for organizing the pantry, go …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Here’s what I brought you for show and tell today: my absolute favorite outfit! (Too bad I don’t have stirrup leggings and oversized plaid shirts anymore, because you’d better BELIEVE those would be my favorite outfits otherwise). I think I’ve worn this particular combo about five times in the last month (to different locations, of …
Beating Back the Daily Grind
Well folks, here we are–back at work and school on a Monday morning. I keep searching my brain, trying to figure out a way to NOT make that such a depressing fact every Monday. It’s a difficult task. But, like I was telling my students in my classes today–ANYTHING can be made better or more interesting if …
Thoughts on Being Wrong
(Here’s a picture of me not-so-metaphorically experiencing hand-to-the-forehead exasperation) The older I get, the more convinced I am that it’s more likely that I’m going to be wrong than right. As a kid, the world seems so black and white, and going through grade school doesn’t really help things–your teacher gives you a gold star …
January Reading
Since it was getting to be tedious work doing a book review for every single book I read (like I’ve done for the past two years), I’ve decided to just post once a month on all the books I finished for that month. And what do you know? This two-chapters-a-day goal thing apparently makes me …